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OverviewThe relationship between Latin and Greek literature is one of the most fundamental questions for Latin literature, and for the reception of Greek literature. This innovative volume shows some of the contexts in which the interaction of the literatures should be viewed. Professor Hutchinson investigates Roman conceptions of their own literary history and Greek literary history as two chronological sequences, artificially separated, and takes the reader around the Mediterranean to see the different places where Romans encountered Greek art with words. The volume looks at Roman perceptions of the contrasting Greek and Latin languages, and compares in detail Latin adaptation of Greek writing with Latin adaptation of Latin. It views the different approaches to Greek material, ideas, and works between three prose 'super-genres', and within the poetic 'super-genre' of hexameters. It is based on an independent collection of evidence, and draws extensively on inscriptions, archaeology, papyri, scholia, and a wide range of texts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G. O. Hutchinson (Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.848kg ISBN: 9780199670703ISBN 10: 0199670706 Pages: 452 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Time 1: Making Histories 2: Strife and Change Part II: Space 3: Rome, Villas, South Italy 4: Sicily, Athens, Rest of Greek Mainland, Rhodes 5: Asia, Massilia, Alexandria Part III: Words 6: Two Languages 7: Transposition and Triads 8: Styles and Settings 9: Trunk and Branches Part IV: Genre 10: The Landscape of Prose 11: The Grounds of Prose 12: The Grounds of Hexameter Poetry 13: Space and Intertextuality in Hexameters 14: Hexameters: History and Internal Mixture Bibliography Indexes I: Index of Passages Discussed II: General IndexReviewsHutchinson mounts a sustained argument for the continued relevance of imperial Greek poetry and practice to contemporary Latin writers ... the density and abundance of citations make it a valuable source of evidence that readers may develop and apply Adam Gitner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review There are few better places to turn for sociological data about literary production during the period ... Each section synthesizes a vast array of evidence in varying scales and perspectives ... To move even briefly in Hutchinson's plenum of knowledge is a humbling experience. Adam Gitner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Hutchinson has produced yet another stimulating, learned, and indispensable monograph on a topic that has remained largely marginalized in Classical scholarship, the relationship between Latin and Greek literature ... A plethora of literary sources, as well as epigraphic materials, will be particularly useful to graduate students studying the history of Latin literature. Hutchinson offers an innovative, comprehensive overview and detailed survey beyond the confines of well-known handbooks. Antony Augoustakis, Classical Journal It is impossible not to be struck by the bibliographical richness of this volume ... It opens many new lines of thought and prospects for research. Alessia Cosenza, Bollettino di Studi Latini Spectacular ... magnificent Tom Geue, Acta Classica Has a magisterial sweep C. McDonald, Journal of Classics Teaching Author InformationGregory Hutchinson is Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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